全国职称英语考试综合类C级课堂补全短文第6讲_第2页

A Some environmentalists are against the project on biological grounds．
B What do the world’s longest bridges have in common?
C If true，one day you might spy the beast while zipping(呼啸而过)across the Messina Strait Bridge．
D They’re what will keep the bridge from going anywhere．
E The second job will be to pull two sets of steel cables across the strait，each set being a bundle of 44,352 individual steel wires．
F They will tip up the scales at 166,500 tons—more than half the bridge’s total mass．
 
词汇：

legendary  adj．传说中的
monster  n．怪物，妖怪
1urk  V．潜伏
Sicily  西西里岛(意大利南部

Tyrrhenian Sea  第勒尼安海

Messina Strait墨西拿海峡
Gorge  n．峡谷

mammoth  v．巨大的
hefty  adj．高强度的

sling  v．用悬带吊挂(slung，slung)
beefy  aaj．结实的
yank  V．拽

答案及解析：
1．文章主题分析：The world’s longest bridge

2．被选项分析：（查找核心词（黑体词/结构）和线索词/结构（划线词/结构））
A.  Some environmentalists are against the project on biological grounds.
B.  What do the world’s longest bridges have in common?
C.  If true, one day you might spy the beast while zipping (呼啸而过)across the Messina Strait Bridge.
D.  They’re what will keep the bridge from going anywhere.
E.  The second job will be to pull two sets of steel cables across the strait, each set being a bundle of 44,352 individuals steel wires.
F.  They will tip up（使倾斜） the scales at 166, 500 tons – more than half the bridge’s total mass.

 
3  直接解题：
A   Some environmentalists are against the project on biological grounds.
B   What do the world’s longest bridges have in common?
C   If true, one day you might spy the beast while zipping (呼啸而过)across the Messina Strait Bridge.
D   They’re what will keep the bridge from going anywhere.
E   The second job will be to pull two sets of steel cables across the strait, each set being a bundle of 44,352 individuals steel wires.